So... I got Whitespot

[RiaanP]

follow the instructions.

I'm not a fan of dosing, be that bacteria or additives. I will be the first to admit that in that regards I do not know all the rules and instructions.

I got my systems running by themselves. Water change is all I do. I'm too often away and do not want an overly complicated routine for the tank sitter. Simplicity is best. He just have to feed food and check that the RO drum got water.

Overfeeding for that week is not a problem either, as my filtration system is matured and big enough to handle that. And I think that I feed more than the tank sitter anyway.

 

[Criggy]

Ok cool. Will do. Found my lawnmower blennie towel surfing earlier
He had jumped in the bucket and somehow got himself stuck in the towel covering the one half of the bucket. Very sad- he was a real character. On the other hand the boyu is almost full and will start dripping the fish in soon.
i also managed to swap a new sump into my main tank earlier as my last one was only 600 long.
I made another chamber that will house LR from my display as its crowded and flow not good. Perfect opportunity to rescape completely.
amazing the amount of crawlies in the sump- think i managed to prevent much die off during the process with great success. Still bleak about the blennie though

 

[Theo]

Bringing up a very old thread here. I live in China and set up a 1200L system. I always believed in hypo for qt. So set up a old sump I had with some matrix, and added fish. By doing this I killed thousands and thousands of Rands worth of fish. The last fish I lost was a massive yellow belly regal tang. After fighting for 9 days to get him to eat I lost him on day 16. Went to bed, all seeming fine, woke up and saw he acted strangely. Tested no3 and it was well over 50ppm. With the tank in hypo it was too difficult to get the water parameters the same and I killed him and the lipstick that was with him. Out of desperation I reached out to @RiaanP , who without hesitation took my call and he made me a little wiser. I started doing his TTM as he explained to me and I will be moving my fish to the holding tank tomorrow, and tomorrow afternoon I’m getting a couple of beautiful clowns that I’ll also post about. This method is insane. It’s the easiest way I’ve ever qted a fish. The fish has absolutely no stress. I am doing 2 yellow Coris Wrasse and a white spotted blenny. Yeah, the blenny doesn’t make this worth the write, but the coris is. Not once has the 2 Coris try to jump. They pop out of the sand just after 8am and by 5pm it’s nite nite time. This is the most stress free I have ever qted any fish. It takes me 10-15 minutes to do the transfer and 5 minutes for the cleaning; 10 if I have a beer distracting me. That’s it. Finished. Klaar gepraat... Effortless.... What more do you want? After this it’s of to a holding tank for 30 days. My holding tank is a old sump, 150L in total. It contains ceramic ring, a canister filter, heater, and a octopus classic 2000-HOB skimmer. Thats it, simple. Thank you buddy. You saved a lot if fish that’s still to come. I am truly grateful for all your help.